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Company fined £3 million for fatal accident safety failings

Demolition specialist Veolia ES (UK) Ltd has been fined £3 million after a man died and another was seriously injured while decommissioning a North Sea gas rig in Great Yarmouth.

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News in Brief: August/September 2024

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) - an independent statutory body established under the Climate Change Act - says that only a third of the emissions reductions required to achieve the UK’s 2030 Net Zero target are currently covered by credible plans.

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UK clean energy projects boosted by budget rise

Renewable energy projects have been given a major boost with the Government announcement of an increase to the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6 (AR6) budget, to a record of over £1.5 billion, potentially unlocking billions of pounds of investment.

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HS2 Annual Report 2023-2024

Cancellation of the second phase of HS2 has cost taxpayers over £2 billion, according to the project delivery company’s annual report.

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Views sought on planning reform proposals

A consultation launched by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) seeks views on a proposed approach to revising the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in order to achieve sustainable growth in the planning system.

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New Towns Taskforce launched

A new generation of new towns is planned by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) as part of the government’s plan to kickstart economic growth and ‘get Britain building again’. The programme of new towns will create large scale communities of at least 10,000 new homes each, with many significantly larger.

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Infrastructure projects cut in Chancellor’s first statement

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has pledged to ‘restore economic stability’ after revealing £22 billion of unfunded pressures inherited from the previous Government in a Parliamentary speech on Monday this week.

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Lack of risk assessment leads to worker being paralysed

Cheshire-based electrical transmission contractor Wood Transmission and Distribution Ltd has been fined £240,000 with over £14,000 costs after a worker was paralysed from the chest down after a fall at work.

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Lack of infrastructure investment blamed for water companies’ unacceptably poor performance

Long-term lack of investment in infrastructure has been blamed by Environment Agency chief Alan Lovell for poor performance by water companies.

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Spending watchdog finds major faults in DfT data collection

The National Audit Office has found a catalogue of failings in the Department for Transport’s (DfT) oversight of the road network in a new report on the condition and maintenance of local roads in England.

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